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Patented July 12, 1932 UNITED: STATES PATENT OFFICE ammonia ronnn'oronrcaeo, rumors, .assrelvon T JOHN R. rnomrson 06.10

- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, .A CORPORATION or wusr VIRGINIA TABLE Applicationfiled February 28, 1930. Serial No. 432,003.

This invention relates to a table or a device providing a supportingsurface and in its present form it is embodied in a dining table. It hasfor one object to provide a table in which a table top is mounted on asingle supporting assembly and inv which the top is so formed as to givethe impression of being more than one table. Thus in one form of theinvention the table top is so formed as to appear to be in fact not asingle table top but the tops of two tables which have been pushedtogether.

It has been found in restaurants that it is difiicult to persuadecustomers to sit at a table which is already occupied. Therefore, muchspace is wasted where single customers 00- cupy a table which has acapacity of more than one person.

An object of the invention is, therefore, to from a table top in suchmanner as to give the impression of more than one table. Then if a partylarge enough to fill the entire table is seated, they are seated asthough at a single large table. If, however, one person were to beseated first at such a table, another person could be later seated atthe same table and because of the shape of the table top the effect isas though the customers were seated not at a single table but at two or,more tables. made separately but placed close to oragainst each other.

Other objects will appear from time to time in the specification andclaims.

My invention is illustrated more or less diagrammatically in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a table;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 is an end view; 7

Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modified form of table top;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a further modification made on a smaller scale;

Fig. 6 is a modified form generally similar to Fig. 2, with somemodifications;

Fig. 7 is a further modification;

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal cross section taken on line 88 of Figure 7;

it is provided withfour indentations F F, two

I Like parts are designated by like characters throughout thespecification and drawings.

A Aindicate table legs. A A are stiffening and supporting frame members.B is a table top. In the form shown in Fig. .2 the top is generallyrectangular in shape and is provided on two of its sides withindentations B B The table. is further provided with a border B -whichextends preferably entirely about the table andwhich is joined by acentral portion B3 which may be of greater width than the border.

C C are portions of the table top which in some manner are madeto appeardistinct from the border. This might be done by making: the border andthe portions C C of different colors or byfother treatment of the tabletop, for example, the borders might be smooth andthe portions C. mightbe rough.

The entire table top might be. patterned with one pattern for the borderand another for theparts C. For the purposes of the invention it isimmaterial how the surface is divide the top in eifect into two tabletops. Thus the top is formed'or treated or colored I so as to give theimpression. that it is two table tops. 7 V v p r In Fig.4 a modificationappears in which a 7 border is providedabout'the entire table andacross'member D extends transversely across the table and it may or maynot be wider than the border D. Two other portions D D? extendlongitudinally of the table and are preferably joined to the borderDandtheportionD Portions E E, preferably four, arerpro vided on thetable top and they are separated from each other by the portions D and DThus this table top gives the effect of being four smalltables pushedtogether. and

on its sides and two on its ends.

In Fig. 5 the modified formappears which is generally the same as thatshown in Fig.2 except that it gives the impression of three tables.There are threeportions G G, a border Gr and two transversely arrangedportions G G The table is provided along each of the its longer sideswith two identations H H.

In Fig. 6 there is illustrated a modified form somewhat similar to Fig.2, but the surface treatment is different. I is the table top audit isprovided with two indentations I I on its longer sides. ment is given tothe top of the table, the indentations I I serving to give the impres-The surface may be the" sion of two tables.

same throughout. t

In Fig. 7v a table top J is shown which is provided in its top withatransversely extending depression J There are no'indentations on thesides or the ends and there is no particular surface treatment bey ondthe formation of the depressed band J The form shown in Fig. 7 might havethe indentations such as those I I of Fig. 6 added to it and the formsshown in Figs. 6 and 7 might further have the particular surfacetreatment of borders and central spaces such as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and5 added. For some purposes, however, they may remain as shown in thedrawings and the impression of two tables is adequatelyconveyed by theuse either of the indentations alone or the depressed band alone.

No particular treat-' signed; at Chicago, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, this 21st day of February,

1930. I Y I JERROLD LOEBL;

In the form shown in Fig. 9, two table portions K K are provided. Theyare in effect rounded tables and are joined by anarrowed strip or band K7 i It will be realized that while I have shown and described apractical working embodiment of my invention, nevertheless many changesmlght be made in the size, shape,

number and disposition of parts without departing from the spirit of myinvention. In

particularly any combination of the various surface treatments shownmight be used. While the invention is shown and described as being atabletop and particularly a dining table top,it is not limitedtosuchause and the upper portions of other articles of furniture may beso formed and it is within the contemplation of my invention to make theupper portions of many different articles of furniture in this manner,where for any reason it is desirable to do so. I, wish, therefore, thatmy description'and drawings be taken as in a broad sense diagrammaticand not as limiting me to the specific forms shown.

I claim: v I

1. As a new article of manufacture, a table tophaving its uppersurfaceformed into a plurality of generally plane areas, there being a portionseparating such areas, said portion being on a plane different from.that of thesaid areas. I 1

2. As a new article of manufacture, a table top having its upper surfaceformed into a plurality of areas differing in appearance

